Dick Hoover vs. Ad Lankford — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ad Lankford
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightNorth AmericaNew York Lincoln StarsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Ad Lankford built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Hoover as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ad Lankford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.53 and WHIP 1.616 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Ad Lankford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Ad Lankford

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.26
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.05
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.67
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.84
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
4.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
644
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214.2
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
11.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.07
11.07
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.21
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.48
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
4.36
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.871
0.871
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.21
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988
41.42
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
6.12
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.12
6.12
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.96
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.617
1.617
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
868
36.39
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.318
0.318
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.42
41.42

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Ad Lankford

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.07
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
2.74
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.5
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.46
91.46
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.974
1.974
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Ad Lankford

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
164.89
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
517.56
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.656
0.656
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
119.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
96.18
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.32
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.58
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.63
53.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
146.56
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
174.05
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
82.44
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
82.44
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
164.89
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
59.51
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
54.96
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.48
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100